The management team of the WGC 2012 Uvalde TX is asking that all pilots review their email for an invitation to the on-line Contestant Center Area section of the website. If you have not received this email invitation you should contact Andrew Dignan a…
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Update to Pilot & Aircraft Requirements and Bulletin #1
by Bill Elliott •
The Pilot & Aircraft Requirements Document revision 2.2 has been release to replace to revision 2.1. The first official Bulletin #1 has also been added. Both documents can be download from the Documents and Downloads page.
Australian Gliding Team Uvalde 2012 2012-03-24 18:14:00
by Bill Elliott •
Great day yesterday: The 15m team did a fantastic job of sticking together and came home the winners. Really good exercise in team comminication and focus! Everyone is heading home now. Many thanks to all: our Team Captains, our Squad organiser Greg Sc…
Saturday – last day
by Bill Elliott •
Some of the pilots left last night to head home. The remaining pilots have been set a Grand Prix task in teams of 3 with the score of the slowest pilot being counted. So we have a team of Allan Barnes in GG, Lisa Trotter in IIC and Peter Trotter in PNL…
Friday
by Bill Elliott •
Today they have set a Grand Prix task with a 3000′ finish to allow a second lap.Gliders are gridding now and we expect the first launch around noon.Overheard on the radio yesterday I think we should leverage that street – had to be a banker :-)Also hea…
Australian Gliding Team Uvalde 2012 2012-03-21 22:48:00
by Bill Elliott •
Day 3 Squad Week
by Bill Elliott •
All of the gliders have launched into a blue sky with Cus in the task area for a 2.5 hour AAT.Overheard at the Argentinian meeting this morning “Is it a condition of entry that someone on the team has to have an Australian Passport?” They have 2 …
Squad Week
by Bill Elliott •
The team are currently at Lake Keepit for Squad Week. The schedule is very full with morning discussions, a task briefing, a competition task, a debrief and an evening discussion.The Australian pilots who will be competing in Argentinian next January a…
Concordia: An Interview with Dick Butler
by Rand Baldwin •
During our visit to Dick Butler’s workshop on February 19th, Dick graciously accepted our request for an interview. He talks about the status of the project and a few of the many remaining items that have to be tackled before Concordia debuts on the world stage in July.
First Post
by Bill Elliott •
The Australian team would like to welcome you. We’ll keep you posted as events unfold.
